You are probably familiar with at least one iteration of Aptera Motors Corp. at this point. The mobility startup is based in San Diego, California, and specializes in solar electric vehicles (SEVs).

Solar EV startup Aptera Motors has shared its latest monthly progress update, which is one of the most exciting ones in a while. Aptera shared footage of its first production-intent validation ...

Carlsbad, California-based Aptera builds aerodynamic three-wheeled, solar-powered vehicles that elicit quizzical looks and stares. Now well into its second act after shutting down in 2011 ...

The name and concept would be resurrected at least twice more (once under Chinese ownership) before the original co-founders Chris Anthony and Steve Fambro took the reins and relaunched “Aptera ...

Aptera chief Steve Fambro, in his company's latest newsletter, tells us they are building "lots of cars". Hooray! And then crushing them. Oh noes! We know this has been done to electric cars by ...

The never-ending attempted flight of the Aptera three-wheel design continues. After years of struggles and a bankruptcy in 2011, the Aptera assets were revived last year by a Chinese company ...

"Real-world validation testing" completed on inboard-motor setup Aptera switched to the layout, instead of in-wheel motors, for its future solar EV Per-mile energy consumption remains in line with ...

Californian start-up Aptera has completed its latest round of validation tests in the Mojave Desert, results from which suggest the three-wheeled, solar-powered, electric trike “will be the most ...

Aptera has been trying to make its three-wheeled green car since the 2000s. After a demo at CES 2025, is it any closer? The year was 2006. Electric cars were nothing more than vaporware, or just ...